EQ2 Char disk hidden information

[psionical]

Heyas,

Not sure if Im posting in the right forum, but I thought this info might interest you guys (if you didnt know it already).

The EQ2 Char creation disk main file can be extracted which will result in over 10k of texture and anim files. Textures are in plain dds format again.

To my surprise there are a lot of files in there which seem to belong to the main EQ2 UI. For example I ran into the following files;

* A lot of city maps and a worldmap
* Whole lot of icons (spells, equip, items, skills, ranks etc).
* A lot of UI interface files, showing spellbook layout etc, etc.
* A bunch of mob models
* And a lot more=)

The file that needs to be extracted is DemoCreate.vpk. Youll find some tools on the web to do the extracting for you.

If this is old news for u or u arent interested in EQ2, plz excuse me for posting it. Otherwise, enjoy!=)

[bbum]

should be in off topic, but sounds leet. i wish i could download it.. but the torrent stops working at 18% :( :(

can you post a pic of the world map? PLZ???

[psionical]

Maybe some moderator can move the thread, it indeed should be in of topic, my apoligies.

Heres an example of one of the maps. Seems the old continent became completely scattered:

http://mjstc.com/temp/map11-worldmap.jpg

[aendaar]

that doesnt look very authentic, and if it is..im very disappointed...i mean...god...did NO imagination go into the design of the landmasses?

[Draupner]

of course not its SoE

[aendaar]

good point...excellent point...

but all their other games turned out decently?

[bbum]

thats showing nothing but the new continents, no real detail, its still up to us to discover the land ingame. im glad.

can you post some more maps?

[psionical]

I just posted this as an example, like I said there are 1000s of textures which an be extracted. Including some mob models, all maps, etc. etc.

Heres a couple more http://mjstc.com/temp/revealed.zip. Converted these to jpg for size. Ill take this zip offline in a few days, taking too much bandwith otherwise.

btw does anyone know a proggy which can convert dds->gif/jpg in batch? Atm if I want to convert dds files Im opening them one by one in photoshop etc. etc. Figured there should be a quicker way to do that, just couldnt find a tool to do it.

[bbum]

wow man, thanx for puttin that together.. nearly creamed my pants looking thru that

btw.. do you think you can find a map of qeynos-baubbleshire? tahts my new halfling home i would love to check out the map

[govtcheeze]

Maybe its the cap'n talking, but couldnt these files be used to put together an EQ2 skin for EQ1?

[bbum]

yep, its bein made, look how freakin leet it looks.

http://www.shakahr.com/live/forums/attachment.php?s=62177bc29b4cc17d723661b7c465b09a& attachmentid=150

[sotonin]

doesn't look too impressive to me. in fact i think it's kind of ugly and boxy, other than the border its the same ol same ol

[Charmy]

They are using the old spell icons? how ... disapointing.....

[Zkhava]

ack... they shouldnt use original stuff .... :(

[bbum]

well its beta, theres alot of differences between real eq2 ui and that as well